VP Medicinal Chemistry (2013 - 2017) Bioversys, Basel, Switzerland
- Directed the medicinal chemistry department and coordinated chemistry outsourcing
- Managed various antiinfective prgrams from Hit ID to LO
- Successfully selected screening libraries and identified new chemical starting points for novel targets
Director Medicinal Chemistry (2008 - 2012) Proteros, Munich, Germany
- Built up and directed the medicinal chemistry department
- Integrated x-ray crystallography and modeling into structure-based drug design
- Successfully directed customer projects from big pharma and biotech in the fields of kinases, proteases and epigenetics
Director Medicinal Chemistry (2005 - 2008) GPC Biotech, Munich, Germany
- Directed the medicinal chemistry department incl. molecular modeling, compound logistics and formulation
- Coordinated chemistry research activities with sites in Europe and the US
- Successfully directed various lead identification and optimization projects: Identified in vivo efficacious kinase inhibitors
Group Leader Medicinal Chemistry (2001 - 2005) Boehringer Ingelheim, Vienna, Austria
- Built up and directed the first medicinal chemistry group within the newly founded chemistry department
- Managed a collaboration with The Boston Consulting Group aimed at enhancing R&D efficiency
- Identified in vivo efficacious kinesin inhibitors
Lab Head Medicinal Chemistry (1996 - 2000) Boehringer Ingelheim, Biberach, Germany
- Directed a medicinal chemistry lab
- Managed a cell cycle inhibitor lead identification project
- Identified in vivo efficacious CDK inhibitors
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